DC HOUSE 1 Gallon Water Distiller Machine, 750W 4L Pure Distilled Water Maker Machine for Home Countertop Table Desktop, Drinking Purifier for Home Kitchen CPAP Hmidifiers with Pastic Container

I use this water distiller for my CPAP and humidifiers, and let me just say: this machine is a game-changer. Does it leave a bit of a smell when in use? Yes. Does it leave behind some residue? Also yes. Do I care? Absolutely not.After suffering through the slow, messy torment of manual distillation—where you're juggling boiling water on the bottom and trying to keep water cold on the top like some kind of kitchen wizard—I will gladly take a whiff of metallic steam and give this machine a good cleaning now and then. The smell is temporary. The relief is eternal.This distiller makes a full gallon with way less fuss, and it shuts off automatically when it’s done—no babysitting required. The stainless steel design feels sturdy, and cleaning is straightforward with white vinegar or the included citric acid cleaner. Yes, you’ll need to do some maintenance, but that’s a small price to pay for not spending half your day hovering over a DIY contraption like a water alchemist.In short: if you're tired of plastic jugs, manual misery, or flaky scale buildup in your humidifiers and CPAP, this distiller is 100% worth it. My lungs and my sanity thank me daily.

Well worth the money, easy to set up and run. Does take a half day to distill a gallon. It took a couple of trials to be sure the unit water outlet sits right in the 1 gal. bottle top funnel. If pushed to close to one side of the funnel, it will leak, so take care to center it.

My wife and I both are on CPAP so go through a lot of distilled water for the humidifiers in our CPAP.Last 2 years distilled water has been sold out in stores often. We ordered 6-gallon packs online twice, was 5x the price in the store. Water is too heavy to be inexpensive to ship.Both times the order arrived weeks late, and both times one or two bottles ruptured in delivery.To use this: you should filter the water first with a Brita jug or similar, they have those on Amazon. That will make this unit have to do less work, be easier to clean, and the unit will last longer.The directions are clear(ish) on how to use but not so much to clean. If you don't clean after each use, it will be less effective, the mineral scum at the bottom will keep the heat away from the water, and eventually the unit won't work, and the residue will be too thick to use the unit, and too hard to clean.To CLEAN:After each use, disconnect plugs and let unit sit, with an upsidedown paper plate over the top. The stuff removed from tap or well water smells a little when heated and concentrated. Let it get cool, then take the distiller outside.I pour about an inch of vinegar in the place you pour the water, the main metal part. Use the clear 5 percent vinegar, and don't spill it. You don't want to breathe this, especially if you have lung issues. Will irritate lungs. I wear rubber gloves, a filter mask and do it outside.Cover the top with upsidedown paper plate. Put on top of paper plate a fist-sized rock or an old clean boot, something heavy to keep the plate on. Leave it outside with the vinegar in it for 12 hours. If it's cold leave for more. If the vinegar freezes before you're done, it's OK.After letting it sit, I take a dedicated pot scrubber (plastic, not metal), put on my gloves and mask, go outside and scrub the scum off the bottom. Takes about 10 to 20 seconds. Then I wash it out with the hose. Don't do any of this near where any outdoor pets go, they'll hate the smell.Bring it inside, wash out with a little warm water and a little more scrubbing. Dump water down sink. Dry inside with a paper towel, and let sit uncovered for an hour or two until dry. Put the unit's top back on to keep dust out. It's now ready for the next useGood as new!We change the inexpensive activated charcoal filter 3x a year, mark it on the calendar. It came with one and one extra, but here are more on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JDBV9HYRemoving the metal clip where the charcoal sits is not intuitive, but once you know how, it's easy. Don't force it. Just gently wiggle the metal clip back and forth while gently pulling the clip away from the distiller.

I bought this so I wouldn’t have to buy, lug, and store gallons upon gallons of distilled water in my apartment to run the humidifier I use to keep my guitar from drying out and cracking in thecwinter air. This distiller works like a charm, so 4 stars. 1 star off because I do have a list of complaints:- I have very hard city water. The amount of junk left over in the metal tub after a cycle is shocking. It bakes on (stinks!) and is impossible to wipe off. Better than spewing it all into the air via humidifier though.- The cleaning process is both easier and harder than it looks. It ships with a bottle of citric acid crystals. Go ahead and order yourself a bulk 2 pound bag or two of those things, you’ll need them. Throw 3 or 4 tablespoons of crystals into a fully filled distiller tub, and run a cycle with the top off. The scale will disappear in about 30-40 minutes, no muss no fuss. I like to poke at the scale now and again with a spatula while this is going on, but I’m a neurotic overachiever. It is NOT clear or easy how (or whether?) to clean the top part with the coils and fan. Do these need to be unscrewed, taken apart, cleaned, reassembled? Who knows??- This thing uses a lot of electricity and puts out a lot of heat. I ran it about 15 times and my power bill jumped $9 for the month (from $50 to $59, so it was noticeable). That could be because winter and price increase, or distiller use. Can’t tell yet. It does release a LOT of heat. I run it in my bathroom and it makes the room into a sauna. Great for winter! Toasty tile floor! That’s not great energy efficiency though.- It’s loud! I run it in the bathroom so I can close the door. If I ran it in my apt kitchen I would not be able to hear anything else, it’s about as loud as the over-stove fan set on low.- If you have long hair and run this thing on the floor, FOR THE LOVE OF CTHULU hold your hair back when you turn this thing on. The fan on top WANTS to grab your hair. You will cry.Over all, this thing does the job and even with my list of complaints and increase in electricity bill, it’s nice having distilled water on demand instead of having to go to the store and put more plastic jugs in the recycle bin where they probably won’t be recycled anyway. And even with that $9 jump in power bill, for at least 15 gallons worth of water it’s half the price of store bought.